“We will await the conclusion of the forensic analysis before forming a view on the source,” said the spokesperson.

The attack follows an incident which occurred against the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in November last year where a hacker known as Darwinare managed to steal passwords stored in plain text.

Students at ADFA apply to the Defence Force and to UNSW Canberra, which runs the academic side of ADFA's operations in Canberra.

According to the UNSW spokesperson, there is “no evidence” that the attack on UNSW Canberra in 2012 was related to these new incidents.

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